Resources to help you become a successful Affiliate.

Apps

Buffer – Buffer shares your content at the best possible times throughout the day so that your followers and fans see your updates more often.Hootsuite – Manage social networks, schedule messages, engage your audiences, and measure ROI right from the dashboard.KnowEm – Allows you to check for the use of your brand, product, personal name or username instantly on over 500 popular and emerging social media websites. Grab your name and secure your brand before someone else does.IFTT – Automate Recurring Tasks – Think about all of the repetitive and mechanical tasks you do in the course of a day. Then delegate those tasks to IFTTT and free up your time to focus on bigger things.Builtwith.com – Analyze Websites Apps – Have you ever stumbled across a website that uses amazing apps that you’d like to use on your own blog? The BuiltWith browser extension can get a list of every app a website is using, so you can save time looking for those apps yourself.Rapportive – A Gmail plugin that will display social connection information about your contacts. Install Rapportive and you can see a person’s social profiles right in your inbox.Suppose you’re exchanging emails with someone and want to look at his social profiles to see his interests or professional background.SNIPLY – The snip.ly app allows you to Share Content and Drive Traffic to your website or blog by attaching a call-to-action to every link you share.Upshare – Simple, Powerful Tools to Boost Sharing and Make Your Site More Viralmissinglettr – Get a unique social marketing campaign, spread out over a year, minutes after you publish your next post.Bannersnack – Professional banner creation app for designers & marketers. You can create static, animated and interactive banner ads smart and easy.Rewst – All of the tools you need to grow your Twitter audience and engagement!Easy Sketch Pro Doodle Software That Allows You To Create Interactive Sketch Videos.

Content Creation Tools

HemmingwayApp – The app highlights long, complex sentences and common errors.Feedly – Makes it easy to stay up to date with your favorite blogs. You can read them all in one place!Scoop.It – Need more content ideas? Use Scoop. it! I also use it to find great content to share across social media networks.Portent’s Title Maker – A fun free online tool for generating post title for your next content.

Free Blog/Web Sites Platforms

Blog.com – It’s free to start a blog here, and you’ll be able to choose from several gorgeous themes. You can also upgrade to their premium package and receive your own domain name.Blogger.com – Blogger is backed by Google. It’s simple to start using Blogger as the site takes you step-by-step through creating your site. There are a lot of customization options and you can purchase templates through outside website as well.Squarespace.com – SquareSpace features tons of templates that will keep your blog looking polished and professional.Svbtle.com – By design, Svbtle is extremely minimal and modern platform.Webs.com – This is a great platform to use if you’re looking to create more of a professional environment for your readers. You can drag and drop elements around your site.Weebly.com – Weebly offers ecommerce, an iPhone app for posting on the go, and easy linking to your social media.Wix.com – Wix features hundreds of very professional-looking templates that can easily be customized. You can also add apps onto your site as well as an online store and your links to your social media accounts.WordPress.com – A popular platform, WordPress is flexible for anyone whether you’re a blogger who writes or a photographer who wants to show their portfolio. This site was created using WordPress.

Freelance help

Fiverr.com – A Marketplace for Services, Starting from Just $5Elance.com – Access over 2 million skilled freelancers from around the world.Upwork.com – Anything that can be done on a computer – from web and mobile programming to graphic design – can be done on Upwork.Thumbtack – Get free quotes. Choose the right pro for the job.

SEO – Search Engine Optimization

WordPress SEO – The definitive guide to higher rankings for WordPress sites.List of Best and Worst practices for designing a high traffic websiteFeedTheBot Tools – Use this free tool to learn how Google sees your site, learn if you’re following Google’s guideline, find out how many social votes you currently have and determine how much links you have in a pageInternet Marketing Ninjas – Use them for finding broken links, generating XML sitemap and for analyzing images and links.WooRank – A free tool that grades your marketing. It will tell you what to improve and what to fix on your blog to increase your traffic.Google Webmaster Tools – The best way to understand the way Google sees your site is to ask Google. Google’s Webmaster Tools are novice-friendly resources that explain the fundamentals of Google search.Check My Links – Use this tool to ensure that your links on a webpage — whether external or internal — actually work.SEO Report Card – Lets you analyze your website to determine how it stacks up against your competitors.HubSpot’s Website Grader – helps businesses uncover search engine optimization opportunities.

Software Hacks

Web Hosting

BlueHost.com – You can Setup a WordPress blog in approximately 5 minutes using their one-click set up app.Namecheap.com – Inexpensive domain name registry.Godaddy.com – Domain name registry and hosting

WordPress plugins

SumoMe – The social sharing bar we use on on this site is a SumoMe free plugin.Yoast SEO Plugin – Easily optimize your WordPress site with one plugin